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Fundamental equations guide marine robots to optimal sampling sites
Lermusiaux, professor of mechanical engineering and ocean science and engineering at MIT, have laid out their ... what to sample for the most informative data, and how to optimally reach sampling locations. MIT ... MIT-Sea-Sensing-01-1024.jpg WHOI and MIT researchers deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle to test new navigation and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fundamental-equations-guide-marine-robots-optimal-sampling-sites-0Changing lives with heart, humor, and engineering
encouragement of MIT professors and staff, starting with Abeyaratne from 2.001. “I like to say that [Abeyaratne] ... 7. MIT-Schwartz-Nick-01_1024.jpg “The kind of engineering that I want to do is the kind that can ... change people’s lives for the better,” says MIT senior Nick Schwartz. Image: Ian MacLellan “I came up ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/changing-lives-heart-humor-and-engineeringEngineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip
devices will expand dramatically,” says Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Jeehwan ... electronic waste. Now MIT engineers have taken a step toward that modular vision with a LEGO-like design for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-build-lego-artificial-intelligence-chipWindow-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water
Whitaker Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. “It’s a test ... currently an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). MIT co-authors include ... such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. To improve access to safe and affordable drinking water, MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-waterWhere to Grab Space Debris
a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Field Robotics, MIT researchers will describe a new algorithm for gauging ... a more powerful computer. MIT-Spinning-In-Space-1024.jpg Artist rendering of the International Space ... Station (ISS). Image courtesy of NASA (edited by Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT) Space trash “There are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/where-grab-space-debrisFinding leaks while they’re easy to fix
developing world. Now, a new system developed by researchers at MIT could provide a fast, inexpensive ... MIT-Leak-Detection-1024.jpg Researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive robotic device that can find even tiny leaks in ... development and testing for nine years by professor of mechanical engineering Kamal Youcef-Toumi, graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finding-leaks-while-they%E2%80%99re-easy-fixResearchers develop a roadmap for growth of new solar cells
Marius Peters, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT, Wellesley ... researchers at MIT and elsewhere outlines a roadmap for how this promising technology could move from the ... laboratory to a significant place in the global solar market. MIT-Scaling-Perovskite-1024.jpg Perovskites, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-develop-roadmap-growth-new-solar-cellsGiving robots better moves
connections, and the entire program was eventually run by former MIT associate professor Gill Pratt. After ... That’s what MIT spinoff RightHand Robotics has incorporated into its robotic piece-picking systems, which ... efficiency. MIT-Righthand-robotics-1024.jpg Righthand Robotics combines machine vision with an intelligent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-better-movesKripa Varanasi: Innovating at interfaces
launched another startup company, in partnership with MIT professor of chemical engineering and Associate ... about to be upended by a new product coming to market. The brainchild of MIT mechanical engineer Kripa ... laboratory to consumer and industrial markets. MIT-Varanasi-1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark LiquiGlide ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kripa-varanasi-innovating-interfacesMicrofluidics from LEGO bricks
MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics. The field of ... MIT-LEGO-Lab-02-1024.jpg LEGO bricks, milled with tiny fluidic channels. Image: Felice Frankel Now the MIT team, looking ... and modularity in everyday manufactured objects,” says Anastasios John Hart, associate professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-lego-bricksStudy finds cells take out the trash before they divide
News Office Horizontal MIT researchers, including Professor Scott Manalis, have discovered that before ... MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, ... functional contents,” says Teemu Miettinen, an MIT research scientist and the lead author of the new study. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-cells-take-out-trash-they-divideBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
Horizontal MIT engineers led by Professor Xuanhe Zhao have designed a strong, biocompatible glue that can ... Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed ... translate this fundamental knowledge into real products that can save lives,” says Xuanhe Zhao, a professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklySolid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors
associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We hope that, by simply looking at where the cells ... . Monday, October 25, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal Associate Professor Ming ... MIT_Cell-Fingerprints-01-PRESS_0.jpeg MIT researchers have developed a way to decode images of cells to determine whether a tissue is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solid-liquid-or-gas-technique-quickly-identifies-physical-state-tissues-and-tumorsOverlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity
says Jean-Jacques Slotine, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering and of brain and cognitive ... cognitive functions. MIT researchers have now put forth a new hypothesis for how astrocytes might contribute ... MIT-AstroCyteMemory-01-press_1024x768.jpg MIT researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overlooked-cells-might-explain-human-brain%E2%80%99s-huge-storage-capacityHot New Solar Cell
Nature Energy, in a paper by MIT doctoral student David Bierman, Professors Evelyn Wang and Marin ... MIT researchers has for the first time demonstrated a device based on a method that enables solar ... electricity. MIT-Solar-Thermal_1024.jpg While all research in traditional photovoltaics faces the same ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hot-new-solar-cellKen Kamrin seeks fundamental behaviors in sand
member in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. MIT-Kamrin-02-PRESS-1024.jpg Associate Professor ... Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal Professor Ken Kamrin's models of granular flow shed light on ... avalanches and landslides. At MIT, Kamrin is happiest when surrounded by creativity and noise. “I come from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ken-kamrin-seeks-fundamental-behaviors-sandUltralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
says the study’s lead author, Carlos Portela, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. If ... A new study by engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich shows that “nanoarchitected” materials ... MIT-Supersonic-Carbon-01-press1024.jpg Engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich find “nanoarchitected” materials designed from precisely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultralight-material-withstands-supersonic-microparticle-impactsWhat will happen to sediment plumes associated with deep-sea mining?
impacts compare to traditional land-based mining — are currently unknown. Now oceanographers at MIT, the ... speculation about [deep-sea-mining’s] environmental impact,” says Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical ... engineering at MIT. “Our study is the first of its kind on these midwater plumes, and can be a major ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/what-will-happen-sediment-plumes-associated-deep-sea-miningPassive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
Reports Physical Science, in a paper by MIT postdoc Zhengmao Lu, Arny Leroy PhD ’21, professors Jeffrey ... or no reliable electric power. Now, an innovative system developed at MIT offers a way to use passive ... supported by MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab. MIT-EfficientCooling-01-press_0.jpg Two ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/passive-cooling-system-could-benefit-grid-locationsNew materials could enable longer-lasting implantable batteries
Horizontal Researchers at MIT, including Associate Professor Betar Gallant, Dr. Haining Gao, and grad student ... like pacemakers. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a way to improve the energy density of these ... are reported today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-materials-could-enable-longer-lasting-implantable-batteries